Separate tree: Wrong [+]

The behaviour described in the bug report is either by design, or would be far too complex/time-consuming to be changed

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Separate tree: Wrong [+]

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The separate tree initially shows [+] in front of all folders. It should show [+] only in front of folders that contain at least 1 subfolder, of course.

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Cannot confirm.
On my computer the [+] sign is shown only for those subfolders that do have at least one subfolder inside...
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Re: Separate tree: Wrong [+]

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Juergen wrote:The separate tree initially shows [+] in front of all folders. It should show [+] only in front of folders that contain at least 1 subfolder, of course.
Confirmed with XP prof. SP2

The [+] disappears where it doesn't belong, when you click on it.

But it does re-appear, when you switch through the panel options
and re-arrive where you "fixed" it. ;)
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Lesmo16 wrote:Should be fixed.
Should it? This might make things slower, especially in very large dirs containing many subdirs. Perhaps (if it is done) an INI option should exist for this, turning it on/off.
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Lesmo16 wrote:Confirmed with XP prof. SP2
Whoops ... I forgot to mention, that my OS is Windows 98.

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wanderer wrote:
Lesmo16 wrote:Should be fixed.
Should it?
Yes, of course! No question that I want a file manager to give me correct information about files and folders.
Since the Windows Explorer shows the directory tree properly, TC should be able to do so, too.

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I agree with Flint - on my computer the [+] sign is shown only for those subfolders that do have at least one subfolder inside.

Testet Win XP SP2 on NTFS partition. I wil test on FAT partitions when i come home from work.

EDIT: For file system plugins it is correct that the [+] is shown even though no subfolder exist.
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"+" is currently shown in front of all _virtual_ folders like "My Computer", because it's too slow to determine that state. For normal directories, it's only shown if there are subdirectories, though. So the current behaviour is by design.
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ghisler(Author) wrote:For normal directories, it's only shown if there are subdirectories, though.
Sorry, but this is not true on my system. There are some normal folders on my desktop, which I have manually created myself some time ago (using TC 6.54a). The folders don't even have the "system" attribute or something. The separate tree of TC 7.0 initially shows a [+] in front of those folders, although they don't contain any subfolders.

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Juergen wrote:Sorry, but this is not true on my system.
Maybe it's O/S related then. This doesn't happen in my Win2KSP4 PC. If a folder does not contain subfolders, no + is shown...
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With "normal directories" Ghisler refers to directories below "My Computer" (Arbeitsplatz in German).
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There are some normal folders on my desktop
On the desktop, all folders are virtual, sorry.
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2Lefteous and Mr. Ghisler:
I see now, thanks for the explanation. Then I can confirm that the separate tree works as designed on my system.
However, it means that it will often show me wrong [+] marks in front of folders on my desktop. :(

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Maybe a switch could be introduced to enable this on fast machines.
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Lefteous wrote:Maybe a switch could be introduced to enable this on fast machines.
That would be fine for me, personally, since I'll get my new PC hopefully in 4 days or so. :)

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